Explore your local awa with freshwater experts from our Wai Connection team at this spotlighting event at Ōwhiro Stream

Celebrate Matariki with restoration, reflection and connection. Now that Bothamley Park has fully reopened to the public, this is your chance to volunteer and become kaitiaki for this beautiful park. The day will include two planting sites, litter pick up and pest plant removal opportunities, play activities for tamariki, free kai for all participants, and volunteer groups with stalls to showcase their mahi.

Brush up on your ocean trivia, put on your pirate hats, and join us for an unforgettable night of community sea-lebration!

Join us for a morning of nature and connection to te Taiao at Cashmere Reserve. Meet your local restoration group and help us restore and protect the native biodiversity in the reserve!

Explore your local awa with freshwater experts from our Wai Connection team at this spotlighting event at Kahotea awa, Onepoto Park

Explore your local awa with freshwater experts from our Wai Connection team at this spotlighting event at Pounui Lagoon, Wairarapa

Explore your local awa with freshwater experts from our Wai Connection team at this spotlighting event at Mt Holdsworth, Wairarapa

Explore your local awa with freshwater experts from our Wai Connection team at this spotlighting event at Kaiwharawhara awa, Trelissick Park

Join Mountains to Sea Wellington and Cambridge Road Vineyard for a fun filled evening of painting, sipping and learning about our freshwater environment. You’ll be guided through creating your own masterpiece while you sip, snack and relax.

Explore your local awa with freshwater experts from our Wai Connection team at this spotlighting event at Judgeford Stream, Pāuatahanui

Explore your local awa with freshwater experts from our Wai Connection team at this spotlighting event at Percy Scenic Reserve, Lower Hutt.

Join us and local experts to explore Taputeranga Marine Reserve rock pools as part of City Nature Challenge.

Explore your local awa with freshwater experts from our Wai Connection team at this spotlighting event at Opahu Stream, Lower Hutt.

You’re Invited – Let’s Celebrate Bothamley Park’s Big Comeback! Join our crew at Mountains to Sea Wellington as we celebrate with our friends in Porirua the parks reopening! Bring your whānau, pack a picnic, and join us for a morning of fun! There’ll be kai, activities, and plenty of space to explore.

Sea shanties, and imaGINation seaweed G&T's me hearties! This one's for the singers amongst you!

A photographic exhibition by marine ecologist and photographer Leigh Tait

Explore the wonders of Taputeranga Marine Reserve through this free, self-guided video tour developed by Friends of Taputeranga Marine Reserve

Join artist & illustrator Sandra Morris for an afternoon of seaweed botanical drawing at Te Waka Huia Wellington Museum

Join us for a fun filled whānau day at Worser Bay Boat Club to celebrate the end of Seaweed Fest 2025!

A photography exhibition showcasing natural fibre research led by Māia-te-oho Holman-Wharehoka on behalf of Taranaki Whānui as part of the Love Rimurimu project

Visit the Studio Seaweed artist collective to celebrate the beauty of rimurimu (seaweed). Get a new tattoo, new nail set, and browse their sea themed art market

Visit Commonsense Organics to taste and learn about edible seaweeds during this free event

A fun, accessible and delicious workshop celebrating our local seaweeds!

Visit the Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory (VUCEL) for their annual open day

Come along to Te Pātē in Cannons Creek to learn about our ocean forests with the Ngahere Korowai Collective

During this special Seaweed Fest concert, Jessica Browning will perform original music using her voice and her electric harp. She'll also  duet with seaweed using her plant wave (a machine measuring the sonic water flow through plants)

Sea shanty sing-alongs at Welsh Dragon with Pōneke Shanty Club. All skill and experience levels welcome!

Join Dr Wendy Nelson, esteemed seaweed expert, for this riveting talk on the seaweeds of Wellington. Hosted by Forest and Bird

A gentle restorative yoga class from BeCalmed Studio’s Janie Walker. Move like the tide, breathe like the ocean, and rest in your inner seaweedness! Suitable for all bodies and experiences

Get your tickets to this special 'mystery movie' screening at The Roxy Cinema, and check out the photography exhibition: Shining Light on Seaweed

Matemate Auaha is an intuituve exploration of rimurapa toi, using foraged kelp limbs from Whakaraupo and Kawatea (Okains Bay)

Take part in a special evening celebrating the many flavours of seaweed with Everybody Eats and Travelling Kitchen

Enjoy a morning sauna and try out some beneficial seaweed treats with the team from Love Rimurimu

Visit Greenman Pub for a fun evening supporting Mountains to Sea Wellington’s Education Programmes

Light Underwater: Rimurimu Photograms is an analogue photography workshop hosted by Hannah Arnold. You will learn to make camera-less photographic prints of seaweed species in a darkroom environment, using expired photography paper and with a focus on sustainable darkroom practice

Find us at Newtown Festival! Indulge in some seaweed speed dating and meet the Love Rimurimu team

An analogue film festival that showcases a collection of art films inspired by the sea, and the potency of rimurimu

Visit artist Paula Warren's Sea Forests Installation at Park(ing) Day 2025

Dive into Taputeranga Marine Reserve at this free Seaweed Fest snorkelling event! Join us to discover what’s hidden beneath the blue, and meet some fishy friends!

Join curators from the Botany and Art teams at Te Papa for a back-of-house tour of the archive of one of New Zealand's most notable phycologists and botanical artists, Nancy Adams.

Join us for a splash in the sea in celebration of our underwater forests. Hot drinks and kai after!

A special blessing will be held to mark the opening of Seaweed Fest 2025

Come along as we explore Bothamley Park and Cannons Creek Lakes Reserve! Join us for a kai, kōrero and catch-up with some local community superstars as we check-out the awesome taiao and awa that flow through Eastern Porirua.

Dive into Taputeranga Marine Reserve at this free snorkelling event! Join us to discover what’s hidden beneath the blue, and meet some fishy friends!

Dive into Taputeranga Marine Reserve at this free snorkelling event during the school holidays! Join us to discover what’s hidden beneath the blue, and meet some fishy friends!

Dive into Taputeranga Marine Reserve at this free snorkelling event during Wellington Anniversary Weekend! Join us to discover what’s hidden beneath the blue, and meet some fishy friends!

Experience the magic of the coast of Te Whanganui-a-Tara in this workshop where you will learn to make Seaweed Cyanotypes. Presented by Love Rimurimu and local artists from Women in Photography NZ + AU and The Handmade Darkroom: Te Whanganui-a-Tara Sustainable Photography Collective.

Upper Hutt residents ~ Take part in water quality and species identification activities from the Pinehaven Stream, learn about ways you can take part in conservation mahi going on in Hulls Creek catchment, get to know your local community, and the people working to restore the mauri of our waterways.

You're invited to this whānau fun day exploring the Waipoua River on foot or by bicycle! Learn about the history of the awa, its biodiversity, hear local pūrākau, and learn about the conservation efforts going on to restore and protect the Waipoua. Afterwards, get hands on helping to plant trees alongside the awa, and join us for a BBQ!

As well as caring for our coasts and oceans, it’s all about community at the annual South Coast clean up! We'll be taking part in this morning of litter collection and family fun- join us!

Dive into the world of kelp at this webinar featuring our Love Rimurimu team and Above/Below

Community observations are a key part of watching changes in our environment. This session will teach you tips and tricks to build your seaweed ID and photography skills, and you'll contribute to the Love Rimurimu iNaturalist Project with your observations.

Explore your local awa with freshwater experts from our Wai Connection team at this spotlighting event in Mt Holdsworth

Explore your local awa with freshwater experts from our Wai Connection team at this spotlighting event at Bothamley Park, Cannons Creek

Have a go at identifying some of our local seaweed species at this hands on, after work seaweed session in Miramar. You can find out more about the Love Rimurimu project, and meet the team!

Join the team from Love Rimurimu to learn how to identify common seaweeds, some of their uses, and what we’re doing to protect and restore them. This is an hour long rocky-shore ramble with passionate seaweed nerds! Bookings required.

Groundtruth- WJ4N and Te Ati Awa ki Whakarongotai invite you and your whānau to this community planting day focused on the regeneration of Otaraua. Help plant over 5000 trees, hear kōrero about Otaraua, explore the arawai (waterways), have some kai with your community and share your thoughts on the vision for Otaraua!

Pinehaven Residents~ Take part in water quality and species identification activities in the Pinehaven Stream, learn about ways you can take part in conservation mahi going on in Pinehaven, get to know your local community, and the people working to restore the mauri of Pinehaven’s waterways.

Explore your local awa with freshwater experts from our Wai Connection team at this spotlighting event at Percy Scenic Reserve, Lower Hutt

Explore your local awa with freshwater experts from our Wai Connection team at this spotlighting event in Pinehaven

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Celebrating young people taking environmental action

Win a trip to snorkel at Poor Knight's Island!

Moved from Whitireia Park due to Park Closure

Join us for a snorkel at a beautiful marine reserve - all gear provided!

Join us for a snorkel at a beautiful marine reserve - all gear provided!

This is a full-day event of talks, workshops, and field trips for any community group, individual, or organisation who shares a commitment to creating a positive impact for our waterways.